Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi

State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Qatar

Year of birth:

1957

Social Status:

Married and a father of 2 children

Date of Appointment in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

11 July 1984

Promotions

  • Promoted to the rank of an Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary 01 January 2013
  • Promoted to the rand of an Undersecretary 2003

Qualifications

  • Bachelor in Political Science - U.S.A.

Work Experience

  • Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed on 11 July 1984.
  • Assistant of the Director of the Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, from 04 May 1988 to 26 January 1990.
  • Director of the Office of the Ministry's Undersecretaryship, from 27 January 1990 to 28 August 1994
  • Second Secretary at the Embassy of State of Qatar in Washington, from 29 August 1994 to 10 August 1997.
  • Consul General at the Consulate of the State of Qatar in Houston, from 11 August 1997 to 31 August 2000.
  • Delegated to the Office of His Highness the Heir Apparent at the Emiri Diwan during the period from 01 September 2000 to 2005.
  • Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Rome, from 04 November 2005 to 2013.
  • Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the UN in Rome, from 04 November 2005 to 2013.
  •  Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Athens, from 09 December 2013 to 11 December 2016.
  • Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed on 02 March 2016.
  • Minister of State for Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed on 30 June 2016.

Awards

  • Merit of Grand Officer awarded by the President of the Italian Republic 16 November 2007.
  • Merit of Grand Officer awarded by the President of the Italian Republic 06 February 2014.

Participate in several regional and international conferences.